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storied buildings in which the entire camp is fed and housed. A 

 portion or all of the lower floor may be devoted to the kitchen, 

 dining-room and foreman's quarters, while the upper floor is 

 used to house the men and is generally divided into two sec- 

 tions to accommodate white and colored laborers. 



A store building is moored so close to the main camp that 

 the two can be connected by a gangplank. 



Fig. II. — A Floating Camp on a Cypress Operation. The dining-room and 

 office are on the ground floor and the sleeping quarters are in the second story. 

 The building on the left is the commissary. Louisiana. 



Floating camps are tied up along the banks of bayous or of 

 canals near the logging operation, and the men go to and from 

 work in dug-out canoes called "pirogues" which are propelled 

 with paddles. 



BOARDING DEPARTMENT 



A well-conducted boarding department is an essential in every 

 successful camp where the logger must furnish subsistence to 

 his workmen. 



